Short Stories
Warriors of Old Japan, and Other Stories
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Yei Theodora Ozaki
This is a collection of stories featuring members of the Samurai - the warrior class of old Japan, rendered into English by Yei Theodora Oza…
Threads of Grey and Gold
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Myrtle Reed
This is a collection of short stories and poems by Myrtle Reed. Many of the stories are short romances, and they share the unique, nostalgic…
Short Story Collection Vol. 103
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Various
We present the 103rd edition of the Librivox Short Story Collection. All stories are selected by the reader. This collection includes works …
Schopenhauer in the Air
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Sadakichi Hartmann
Sadakichi Hartmann was an art and literary critic who wrote plays, short stories and several volumes of poetry. Hauntingly beautiful, these …
The Rose-colored World, and Other Fantasies
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Ethel Mary Brodie
Love stories make perfect short stories. This collection contains 16 different short stories on the different ways a love affair can play ou…
Bush Studies
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Barbara Baynton
Bush Studies is a short story collection published in London in 1902. Baynton presents a grimly realist view of bush life in Australia for w…
The Great Small Cat and Others
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May E. Southworth
A collection of seven tales about cats. Caution: Some of these tales have very sad endings. (Summary by MaryAnn)
Sketches by Boz, version 2
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Charles Dickens
A collection of early writings of Charles Dickens under his early pseudonym, "Boz." They first appeared in various publications f…
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 03 December 1895
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Various
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
Short Story Collection Vol. 085
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Various
This is the 85th Librivox short story collection. Once again, readers selected stories covering a wide variety of subjects. Several stories …
Ghetto Comedies
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Israel Zangwill
A series of tales, poignant as well as comic, set in the Jewish East End of London by the writer known as the "Dickens of the ghetto&qu…
Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories
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Alice Hegan Rice
This is a volume of very cute short stories. Miss Mink for instance invites a lonely soldier to her place for dinner and realises that with …
Our Lady of the Pillar
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José Maria De Eça De Queirós and José Maria de Eça de Queirós
A ghost story and love story all at once, set in medieval Portugal. Don Ruy is in love with Dona Leonor, but her husband has guessed his fee…
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 02 November 1895
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Various
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
Comedies of Courtship
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Anthony Hope
A series of short stories about love and the process of courtship. - Summary by Michele Eaton
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 07 April 1896
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Various
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
Coffee Break Collection 025 - Water
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Various
This is the twenty-fifth Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes …
Uncle Joe's Stories
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Edward Knatchbull-Hugesson
This is an entertaining collection of varying stories recounted as only a master storyteller could deliver them. (Summary by Allyson Hester)
Voces Populi
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F. Anstey
F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pi…
The Vertical City
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Fannie Hurst
As the city above soars gloriously skyward, the denizens of the city writhe in its dirty underbelly.The Vertical City is a collection of six…